28.000 Años, un abrir y cerrar de ojos en el tiempo geológico, el último de los neandertales murió en su último puesto, en cuevas cerca de Gibraltar. Gracias a los dibujos animados y populares cuentas tenemos una visión distorsionada de estos otros seres humanos - para que es lo que eran. Pensamos de ellas como Burda y torpe y no muy brillantes, fácilmente conducido a la extinción por los humanos modernos ágiles, inteligentes que salieron de África hace unos 100.000 años.
Pero ¿es realmente tan simple como eso? Clive Finlayson nos recuerda que los neandertales eran otro tipo de humano, y su cultura no era muy diferente de la de nuestros propios antepasados. En este libro, presenta una visión más amplia de los acontecimientos que condujeron a la migración de los modernos en Europa, lo que podría haber ocurrido durante el contacto de las dos poblaciones, y lo que finalmente condujo a los neandertales a la extinción. Es una visión que considera clima, ecología y las migraciones de poblaciones,
así como la cultura y la interacción.
Su conclusión es que el destino de los neandertales y los modernos fue sellado por contingencias y los factores ecológicos. Fue cuestión de suerte que sobrevivió y extensión mientras que los neandertales se redujo y perecieron. No había cambiado el clima en nuestro favor unos 50 millones de años, las cosas habría sido muy diferentes.
Hay mucho interés de investigación actual en neandertales, muchos de ellos impulsados por intentos para asignar algunos de su ADN. Pero no es sólo una cuestión de estudiar el ADN. El ascenso y caída de las poblaciones se moldea profundamente por las fuerzas más grandes de la escala de clima y ecología. Y es sólo por tomar este punto de vista más amplio, que podemos comprender el curso de los acontecimientos que condujeron a nuestra supervivencia y su desaparición. El hecho de que el hombre de Neandertal sobrevivió hasta prácticamente ayer hace que nuestra relación con ellos
y su tragedia aún más conmovedor. Casi hicieron, después de todo. Mostrar más Mostrar menos
miércoles, 24 de abril de 2013
martes, 23 de abril de 2013
Finally!: powerful minds, Alexandra Bracken
Day 16 may finally have this book so we expected some. It is "powerful minds" of the author Alexandra Bracken translated to the Spanish finally. The cover is the same that the American original that only changes the title in Spanish:
When has Ruby wakes up on his tenth birthday, something it changed. Something alarming enough so her parents locked her up in the garage and call immediately the police looking for help. It has happened. An unexplained phenomenon booted you life has always known, which has disowned it Thurmond, chilling field of rehabilitation of the Government where are for the survivors. Ruby has not succumbed to the mysterious disease that has wiped out the majority of children in the United States, but she and the other prisoners have become something much worse: because they have developed powerful mental abilities that they can not control.
lunes, 22 de abril de 2013
Apprentice of goddess, Aimée Carter
The publishing house Darkiss brings us this novelty for the month of may 2013. It is the book "apprentice of goddess" of Aimée Carter:
ALL THE GIRLS THAT HAD MADE THE TEST HAD DIED. NOW IT IS THE TURN OF KATE.
Kate had always lived alone with his mother, and it was dying. His last wish? Return to the place where it had spent his childhood. So Kate was going to start the course in a new school, no friends, no family and fear that her mother died before the end of the autumn. Then she met Henry.
Mysterious, tormented. And fascinating. He claimed to be Hades, the God of the underworld and, if Kate accepted the deal that offered him, he would keep his mother alive while she was trying to pass seven tests. Kate thought he was crazy... until he saw him resurrect a girl. Suddenly, save her mother seemed to him possible. And if it exceeded the tests, became the wife of Henry. In an immortal goddess
IMM 94: 5 books
These last 3 weeks, there have been few books purchased, but they are well, 5 books (one of them does not appear in these first two photos because you did not have it already, but I made the photo to the book only in the same library, because once read and reviewed there donated it and made happy a girl that took him well happy on loan).
Forgive my dissertation at the end of the entry :)
1. Love will save us from life, David Escamilla
It is my current reading and is quite entertaining and enjoyable read. Thanks to the publishing house "La Galera" by the book.
2 Uhlma. The cycle of force, Miguel Angel Jordan
I read in his day the first and I liked it. This is the second of the series. Thanks to Amber Publisher for the book.
3. The book of the portals, Laura Gallego
This book is read and reviewed on the blog. Thanks to the Minotaur Publisher for the book.
4. Disconnect, Neal Shusterman
The book is read and soon you'll have the review on the blog. I liked enough. Thanks to the editorial Anaya for the book.
5. Claudia, Miriam Dubini
The book is read and reviewed also in the blog. A book recommended for youth aged 10-14. Thanks to Admiral Publisher for the book.
And that's it. As you can see, I'm reading very slowly lately, and as we approach the summer I'm reading less, a more leisurely pace, because at work I already have too much stress to take it in a hurry. But anyway, I enjoy more of the readings if I read in a calmer way.
And once again, thanks to all the publishers for sending me books, because as I'm now ruined, since we only live from my salary and I have a mortgage to pay all your expenses (gas, light, telephone, internet, water, pool, car, food, community of neighbors... etc) does not give me more to eat and pay the floor. And thank you that I still work. So thank you very much to the publishers for giving me enough to continue my hobby which is reading. And by the way, thanks to which we have still libraries, despite the closure of many of them among other places in Madrid, which have this year 2013 budget for purchase of books "0 euros", Yes, you read well, this bad things are going in the public administration and beyond. Libraries, including the mia, several years ago that we live in the 'donations' of users who bring us books, among them I also have enough mine I've already read. But there will always be generous people to pass the bumps...
Anyway, how I roll it up... things librarian frightened...: S
HOLLOW PIKE, James Dawson
On May 7, is published by editorial Anaya book "Holllow Pike" of the author James Dawson. Personally cover I don't like anything with all those spikes, but I imagine that it will have to do with the content of the book, so sure I read it because the subject matter appeals to me quite:
LIS London decides to start a new life and moved to his sister, who lives in Hollow Pike's. However, not everything there is new for her: the forest of this mysterious small village, that hides a disturbing history, is the same one that appears in his chilling dreams of last night: bloody dreams that someone tries to kill her.
She wants to escape its worst nightmares, fears that they can come true...
He did not believe in the local legends about witchcraft and thought that it would be safe..., but in the dark forest of Hollow Pike, evil never rests.
Books in Spanish for Kindle
Hello this place is designed or created, for all that we are lovers of reading and own a kindle (e-book) I hope that we will be able to share books and tricks to get the most out of the Kindle.
To start I am going to recommend a very good site where you can find all kind of literature for the Kindle:
http://www.taringa.net/posts/ebooks-tutoriales/8135271/Libros-Kindle.html
With that direction can access a large number of books of all kinds, only to see the intrusion and are entered in the page. Let me clarify I am not the crador that page but it is very good.
in this another link can find a small bliblioteca:
To start I am going to recommend a very good site where you can find all kind of literature for the Kindle:
http://www.taringa.net/posts/ebooks-tutoriales/8135271/Libros-Kindle.html
With that direction can access a large number of books of all kinds, only to see the intrusion and are entered in the page. Let me clarify I am not the crador that page but it is very good.
in this another link can find a small bliblioteca:
The guest (Stephenie Meyer)Caliber PDF to mobi converter
This program is very good at being able to convert books from PDF format to ideal .mobi for kindle, only when the book has drawings content is a little mess.
Download it here:
http://calibre-ebook.com/
Download it here:
http://calibre-ebook.com/
more than 100 books
Hello again I leave this link which can download which contains 9 folders, in which you can find over 100 books of famous writers and not-so-famous, are many books to put the list so I recommend you to download it and the enjoy.
http://www.4shared.com/file/3x1Fz439/Biblioteca_para_kindle.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/3x1Fz439/Biblioteca_para_kindle.html
domingo, 21 de abril de 2013
Amazon will offer a cheaper Kindle with AT & T in the U.S.
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New YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with AT & T to sell a cheaper version of its digital reader Kindle 3G.
The Kindle 3G, which allows users to buy e-books without having to subscribe to a wireless network, costs 189 dollars.
The device sponsored by AT & T, which will also include ads in your screen saver, will cost $139.
Amazon introduced its devices in April advertising from companies such as Buick, owned by General Motors; Olay, of Procter & Gamble and Visa, in a different version of the Kindle, which competes with devices like the Nook from Barnes & Noble and Apple's iPad tablet.
Source: http://lta.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idLTASIE76C0OC20110713
The Harry Potter books will come out at the end in electronic format
The creator of Harry Potter literary saga presented this Thursday in London Pottermore, an electronic library dedicated to the stories of the magician in which in addition to sell e-books the author shared unpublished material with followers of his work, who will also participate in a virtual adventure.
For Rowling, Pottermore is a way "to give back something to the fans who have followed Harry so devotedly throughout the years", and a means to "bring the stories to a new generation of virtual". This website fans can access unpublished material on characters, sharing books and help grow the universe of the series with reviews, drawings, and other contributions, reports Efe. Although it will not open officially until October 1, 31 July may already register up to one million users.
Rowling added that, since 1998, when he began the series of novels, has been generating much more material which has come to appear in the books, and this material can now see the light on the internet. The writer admitted that it is possible to publish an encyclopedia of Harry Potter, but assured that it will not take another novel, giving end the saga that has become a multimillion-dollar.
Can you read on the Kindle?
The device from Amazon is the most popular electronic book of the world, but the library does not allow its users to buy books in other libraries. Thus, the e-book world has been divided into two parts: Kindle users, employing a proprietary format protected with particular copy from Amazon, and all others, who use the Epub format with protection from Adobe.
Amazon has not so far outside his store to sell ebooks for Kindle, even as unprotected format is open and known there would be no problem in doing so. But it is doubtful that Rowling is going to sell his book without protection, although you never know. So Amazon certainly have before it a hard choice: allows to use their format outside his store or upgrade the Kindle software to accept the Epub format. But there is no doubt that something will make Amazon, since it cannot allow making the Kindle e-book in which the saga of Harry Potter could not be read.
In either case, users will lose an e-book purchase experience: when you purchase one on the Amazon website this is transferred wirelessly to the Kindle. On the contrary, the use of an e-book in Epub with Adobe DRM protection requires a lot of steps, making it quite uncomfortable.
An earthquake for the publishing industry
Rowling conversion to the digital world will have big implications for the publishing industry, although it is not yet clear what, according to the Financial Times, comparing the "Damascene conversion" of the until now advocate wishful thinking of the printed paper with the arrival of the Beatles Apple's Itunes last November.
This movement is leaving to the publishers of his books, Rowling has the rights to the electronic edition of his novels. In addition, to directly sell their material to readers, the writer of the world's richest leave out intermediaries such as Amazon or Itunes.
So far the e-book revolution is allowing some authors who lack support from a large Publisher to have a great success. Amazon, which controls approximately two thirds of the market thanks to its Kindle e-book, announced this week that John Locke is the first author who back without a large Publisher, has managed to sell more than one million books for Kindle.
This movement of J.K. Rowling could allow others sell their work without the intermediation of the own online libraries. However, many writers would cost them an enormous effort trying to emulate it, lacking the fans of the Potter saga, its brand and enough money to create an own portal that attracts the attention. According to Shahid Khan, of the MAG consulting, while it is true that the big bands as Radiohead get to sell directly to consumers, other smaller groups have failed in the attempt.
In the same way, even if Amazon will surely change their policies by Rowling, it seems difficult to do so by anyone else, so it is difficult for other authors to follow that step for independence both libraries and publishers, who see as the biggest danger to your business that increasingly more authors ignore its role and work directly with Amazon and other intermediaries.
News - Amazon wants to launch a complete family of mobile devices with Android
Amazon wants its share of the mobile market, is no secret. That would be based on Google's mobile operating system to boost them, it is not. In fact, yesterday the own company CEO would have confirmed in an interview, to reveal that they are working on new products of which we should be attentive to their upcoming releases.
Yesterday it was thought that Amazon was only working on a KindlePad (thus we have dubbed it), the evolution of the Kindle become tablet, something that would very much and, taking into consideration the views of you, will be well received. Now, to arouse greater interest in us, Techradar has uncovered a new rumor that would point to the arrival of an entire family with a "smile" (the seal of Amazon).
The addition of new devices to the line is a rumor, something that we must be very clear. According to Taylor Wimberly, sources spoke personally with him on the launch of a new complete line of mobile devices with Android by Amazon, release will engage in Christmas to take advantage of that there is good movement of shopping.
with this it shows that Amazon would be following the example of Samsung create a complete ecosystem of mobile equipment and thus try to cover all tastes. By what would not surprise us to see a mobile with 4 ''screen, one half of a 7'Tablet 'and, of course, a tablet of 10' '. This is only speculation based on the rumor that went afloat.
On the other hand, yesterday I wondered to what would have in mind Amazon now that it wants to launch a device that enters the segment of tablets, because a big jump is to go from a screen to gray to a color with so many people praising what the Kindle does. But since they are different products, we believe that they will keep both as main gadgets.
While Jeff Bezos granted an interview with Consumer Reports, said that e-ink screens are no longer the boom, but they are still important, at the same time he admitted that the color displays have made a difference in devices with larger phones and you think that they could make an exceptional product.
Clarity may not have what Amazon wants to do, from now on forward only is expected to consider integrating the family of Amazon to our lives. They already have advanced the app store and the online music service, missing only the teams.
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